สองวันหงจากที่พนักงานของFoxconnได้ค้นอพาร์ทเมนท์ของเขา อย่างไม่ถุกต้องตามกฏหมายของทางการจีน Accusations suggest that Sun was detained and physically abused during the investigation, although this has not been substantiated .
On Thursday shortly after 3 a.m. the surveillance video of his building shows Sun jumping out of a window in his apartment to his death.
Apple is known to place incredible pressure on their partners to maintain the secrecy surrounding their products. Unfortunately, this pressure may have been exerted on an employee who was unable to cope.
Steven Lin, a Chinese blogger and marketer, explains the situation:
Students [like Sun] have been studying in schools for years, and they have been carefully protected by their parents. They cant endure such pressure - their house being illegally searched, or house arrests (if thats true, according some reports news). Employees at these and other factories sometimes kill themselves simply because of the pressure from their daily jobs you know whats going to happen when they face more serious threats. Also, most young Chinese guys dont have friends who are lawyers, so they dont know how to protect themselves in the legal system. They wont even look for help from the legal system. They will just endure the pressure, and finally find an extreme way to end all their troubles.